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Chase your goals,
but don’t get shackled
This is the audio from my recent conversation with Shoumik Perugu, a first-year business student from Western University here in London. He came to me with questions that many people don’t ask until much later in life—how dreams shift, how pressure enters, and how a person can drift away from the path they began on. We speak about the music industry and how a musician starts with pure joy, but once the industry and its formulas take over, it becomes easy to lose your own sound. The same thing happens in every profession: you chase targets, you chase financial comfort, and somewhere along the way you forget the simple rhythm of your own life—your family, your happiness, your inner balance. The industry can make life heaven or it can make it unbearable; the difference is whether you stay in tune with yourself. What stands out for me is Shoumik’s sincerity. At such a young age he is already seeing these movements clearly and seeking balance before the noise takes over. Many young people today are searching for the same grounding.

If you would like to watch the full video version of this discussion, here is the link:
 https://youtu.be/QmicxLtCQ_Q?si=pyMJjgQ8avMVK6Nq

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